I wrote the first song about the Edmund Fitzgerald. "Twenty-Nine More Men" was recorded and released after Gordon's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". I also wrote the song "Rough and Ready Son-of-a Sailor"...a song about a friend of mine who was a Captain who sailed the Great Lakes and beyond. These songs were written and recorded in the late 70's while I was on staff at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.